The New York Yankees have had an excellent season in 2019. They’ve been able to consistently perform, producing wins despite missing key players for large stretches of the season.
Their performance and resilience was awarded on Thursday night after beating the Angels 9-1 and clinching the AL East title.
The Bronx Bombers broke out the bubbly at Yankee Stadium after their win against the Angels. They put the Tampa Bay Rays out of reach of the division crown after winning their 100th game of the season, which was enough to clinch the division with a week and a half left in the regular season.
The AL East crown is the Yankees’ first since the 2012 season, a surprising dry spell for one of the league’s most decorated teams. It is the Yankees’ nineteenth AL East title in 50 years of the division’s existence.
The Yankees, one of the league’s top power-hitting teams, got home runs from DJ LeMahieu, Brett Gardner, Cameron Maybin, and Clint Frazier in a win that’s reflective of what they’ve done all season.
Masahiro Tanaka, the team’s likely Game 1 ALDS starter, threw 7 innings of one-run ball in the Yankees’ win.
New York will begin its pursuit of its 28th World Series title when the playoffs kick off at the beginning of October.
